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will offering a cup make my supply low?

DD is about 5 months old and BF is going WAY better than I could have dreamed. So good that I am scared of offering sippy cups. I don't want her to fill up so she wont want to nurse. And I don't know what to put in the cup (BM/water?) When I formula fed the boys I gave a sippy cup with a meal, but I don't want to spoon feed her until about 6 months, so should I just not offer a cup until then? I am scared that my milk supply will change and I will regret the cup.

"The biggest mistake a man can make, is to have the fear of making one" Unknown

Being "just" a mom is the most powerful thing I could ever do, and it makes me the happiest person I could be.

Re: will offering a cup make my supply low?

my LO never took a bottle, and I started him on a sippy cup around 5 months. I would just use a hand pump, and put a little bit in the cup (a couple sips) and get him use to holding it and sipping from it. It didn't affect my supply or his nursing at all. HTH!

Kathryn, Mama to my sweet blueberry eyed boy Joshuaborn on 11/2/2006

and my blueberry eyed baby Jonah Henry...my water birth baby! born on 6/15/09

Re: will offering a cup make my supply low?

My LO is also 5 months old and won't take a bottle. I think what I'm going to do is introduce the sippy cup when he's 6 months old and we start solids. I'll just offer the cup w/water in it when I'm giving him solids. As far as supply goes, I'm going to nurse him just as I do now and before offering solids.

Stephanie (23) Married to Troy (22) since August 2003
Just welcomed our first baby into the world Our son, Caden Wesley born 10-10-07 at 1:00 AM via emergency c-section
8 lbs 15 oz 19 1/2 in SAHM